Hi Robin, If I'm not mistaken, Avid has operators that can help in processes such as this. I've had to do that once a few years ago and I think several others on the list have had such assistance. I think the phone number is either 650-731-6100 or 6500, I don't recall.
On a different note, I'm not so sure that the Pro Tools First experience is going to be representative of what Pro Tools truly has to offer in terms of accessibility. While Pro Tools First is certainly similar and based on the regular Pro Tools, there are a few things that are different and I don't think your experience would be particularly impressive. I tried the beta late last year and there were a few fundamental problems. Avid has certainly indicated that the intention is to make sure Pro Tools First is accessible but, from a non-accessibility-related perspective, Pro Tools First, in my opinion, is a flawed concept. It's far too limited and anyone serious about audio will quickly feel its limitations. I'd sooner try to find some of the audio tutorials that are out there to get a sense of what's possible and how things work. There has been an enormous amount of progress on the accessibility front in Pro Tools that we're about to witness and I think that, ultimately, the way to go is the full version of Pro Tools. My two cents. Slau On Aug 22, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Robin Kipp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all! > I’d like to dive into Pro Tools and get a taste of what I can do with it > using the free Pro Tools | First edition. I just went to the Avid Pro Tools > site and found all the details / descriptions related to Pro Tools | First. > As far as I understand, in order to download the software one has to create > an ‚Avid Master‘ account. So far so good, however unfortunately the website > where one can sign up for such an account uses a nasty captcha image… I was > pretty disappointed when I saw that, especially since no audio alternative > appears to be available… Luckily, however, sighted help was not far so I > could ask for help with entering the digits. Unfortunately, after clicking > the ‚Submit‘ button, I was presented with the message that ‚the code you > entered is incorrect‘. Mistakes can always happen, so we tried again… And > again… And again… After about 5 attempts, we gave up. My sighted partner > assured me that, although the digits were quite hard to read, she was 100% > sure that she got them right. I’m sure that she’s absolutely right and that, > most likely, I’m stuck due to a problem with the registration website… So > that made me wonder, has anyone else on here tried registering for an Avid > Master account? Did you experience the same issues, or did the registration > process go through smoothly (except for the captcha, of course)? Is there > perhaps another, easier way of downloading Pro Tools | First? The > registration experience has been quite frustrating so far, so I sure hope > that there’s another solution to this problem! :-) > Thanks a lot for any help and advice and all the best, > Robin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
